@BruschisBrewsky: The minor bleeding out the nose concerns me a bit, but overall I have to say I really enjoy this picture, and the Gladwell one. I hope Craggs does more, and eventually sets up a Napkin Art Show display in some chic NY gallery.
This is like the time you fucked a pretty good friend because you both thought it would be hot. Then it sucked, so you went back and tried it 2 or 3 more times only to realize something was off and it just plain sucked. Stop going back. #malcolmgladwell
Oh wow, and to think I didn't bother even sending this story to A.J. because I didn't think Deadspin readers would find it relevant to their lives. My bad! Quick summary: Who's more irritating, Malcolm Gladwell or his pompous Brooklyn hyperhaters* you hang out with to avoid having a one-night-stand with someone whose only books are Malcolm Gladwell? Yeah, I thought his pompous critics might be more irritating too, until I read everything Malcolm Gladwell ever wrote and nearly offed myself. (You will be pleased to know, Deadspin commenters, that you are to thank for making me so tough.) Blah blah blah, hair dye is like Watergate but Enron is not like Melrose Place, and ketchup is (surprisingly!) nothing like mustard but diapers are (surprisingly!) like semiconductor chips… dogs = good Dr. Atkins = BAD ritalin = good estrogen = bad Asians = good arguments = bad… Etc. etc. etc. Iraq coolhunters homelessness khakis shopping babies, babies, babies, babies? Puppies! Feeling stupider yet? You've got company, sitting next to you on the plane. We all should have stuck with that Pat Tillman book, the end.
*These types of sports fans, if you remember that story, doesn't everyone? #malcolmgladwell
It's not that I couldn't understand it. It's that the internet has decimated my attention span and comprehension skills to the point that I can no longer...
That success is in the eye of the unsuccessful would seem to be the great unspoken dilemma dogging critics asked to consider the work of the rich and famous author and inspirational speaker Malcolm Gladwell.
You'd think Moe, of all people, would have better flow.
Let's be honest - if he really wanted to work for an NBA front office, couldn't Daryl Morey hire him? They're friends, right? He obviously would have to spend a year or two learning the trade, and getting evil stares from people in the organization annoyed that he stepped ahead of them in the pecking order, and having an idea of what working in a front office is like.
Getting a job in sports, even more than most industries, is 99% who you know. Morey would give him a job if he really wanted it. #billsimmons
NBA General Manager is a job position that requires you to fucking MANAGE people.
C'mon, managing the typical 30-40 people in an NBA front office is like managing a friggin' glee club. Managing 300, or 3000, requires real management skills. Not 30.
I would imagine the key for a GM is understanding and spending most of your time on the important issues (uh, like winning games, which cures a lot of ills), hiring a few competent people for the other stuff (beer vendors, meet Rocco our labor negotiator) and not committing crimes (hello, Isiah).
Look, I have no idea if Simmons would make a good GM. Hell, a statistical look at the job would probably show a disproportionate amount of the success is driven by luck in the first place (injuries, draft lottery balls, etc.).
HOWEVER, it would be a new and entertaining exploit for Simmons, from whom I'm getting marginally less entertainment value each and every year. (But for free, so the marginal cost ain't much.) #billsimmons
@lukeoneil47: I'll have you know the East Bumbleford Gay '90s Glee Club may have missed the glee-offs at County this year, but our bus unpacking and packing skills had us numero uno out of a parking lot littered with walker-supported grandparents, toupee-holding Uncle Ernies and spastic-running-about young siblings.
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Nah, the drawing is doing that trick where you tuck your hands behind your biceps to push them out.
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There might be thirty or forty framed ones for sale at the next Pants Party at this rate.
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*These types of sports fans, if you remember that story, doesn't everyone? #malcolmgladwell
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She's from the future! She's from the future! #malcolmgladwell
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...unforgivable. #malcolmgladwell
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Fuck it, let's see what going on at Fleshbot.
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Maybe the problem is she more multi-syllabic words than Jeff Pearlman. #malcolmgladwell
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Really? Then why do you start off making sure at least half of your readers are lost in the first paragraph?
Your choice of language comes across forced and reeks of someone trying to prove their intellectual superiority.
While the readers of The Nation may be of a higher educational background, you appear to be trying too hard to fit what they might consider literary.
/Learning Curve'd #malcolmgladwell
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You'd think Moe, of all people, would have better flow.
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/peeked at it, not smart enough to follow, gave up and decided to ridicule #malcolmgladwell
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Getting a job in sports, even more than most industries, is 99% who you know. Morey would give him a job if he really wanted it. #billsimmons
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C'mon, managing the typical 30-40 people in an NBA front office is like managing a friggin' glee club. Managing 300, or 3000, requires real management skills. Not 30.
I would imagine the key for a GM is understanding and spending most of your time on the important issues (uh, like winning games, which cures a lot of ills), hiring a few competent people for the other stuff (beer vendors, meet Rocco our labor negotiator) and not committing crimes (hello, Isiah).
Look, I have no idea if Simmons would make a good GM. Hell, a statistical look at the job would probably show a disproportionate amount of the success is driven by luck in the first place (injuries, draft lottery balls, etc.).
HOWEVER, it would be a new and entertaining exploit for Simmons, from whom I'm getting marginally less entertainment value each and every year. (But for free, so the marginal cost ain't much.) #billsimmons
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Now that's management! #billsimmons
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